Where are NCAA men's lacrosse championships? Location, dates, schedule for Final Four
One of the more highly anticipated college sporting events of Memorial Day weekend has arrived, and it isn't a college baseball tournaments or college softball super regional matchup.
Instead, it's the NCAA men's college lacrosse championships.
As lacrosse has grown around the country over the last handful of years with the Premier Lacrosse League, the popularity of the sport has also grown on the college side o. A total of 103,657 fans attended the national semifinals and championship game last year in Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, the highest total attendance since 2019. That trend is expected to continue over the next handful of days at the 2025 NCAA men's lacrosse championships, as it returns to the New England area for the first time in seven years.
Action gets underway on Saturday with top overall seed Cornell taking on No. 5 seed Penn State, which knocked off defending two-time national champion Notre Dame in the semifinals. Then comes the heavyweight matchup between No. 2 seed Maryland and No. 6 seed Syracuse, two of the NCAA"s storied programs that also have history with each other dating back to 1927.
Here's what you need to know on where the Final Four of the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament is:
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Where is Final Four, NCAA men's lacrosse national championship?
- NCAA men's lacrosse championship location: Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts)
The 2025 NCAA men's lacrosse championship is being held at Gillette Stadium, the home of the NFL's New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
It is the first time that the men's lacrosse championship is returning to Gillette Stadium since Yale defeated Duke in the 2018 national title game. It's the first it's back in the greater New England area since Maryland defeated Cornell in 2022 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.
"We are honored to have earned the privilege of hosting the 2025 and 2026 NCAA Men's and Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships, building on Gillette Stadium's and New England's rich lacrosse tradition," chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group Robert Kraft said in a 2020 statement. "After first bringing the men's and women's lacrosse communities together at Gillette Stadium for the 2017 championships, we cannot wait to welcome fans from across the country and the nation's best lacrosse programs back to Foxborough for another landmark weekend for the sport.
"Lacrosse is especially important to our family, as my son Dan played collegiately at Tufts University, and my three grandsons have all enjoyed playing the game in the past. We have an extremely passionate community of lacrosse fans across New England, and have seen that enthusiasm for the game shine through each of the five previous times we have hosted this great event, setting attendance records and welcoming thousands of fans to Gillette Stadium."
Here's a look at past NCAA men's lacrosse championships to be held at Gillette Stadium, including the national championship matchup result from each:
- 2008: Syracuse defeats John's Hopkins
- 2009: Syracuse defeats Cornell
- 2012: Loyola Maryland defeats Maryland
- 2017: Maryland defeats Ohio State
- 2018: Yale defeats Duke
NCAA men's lacrosse championship schedule 2025
Here's a breakdown of the semifinals and championship schedule for the 2025 NCAA men's lacrosse championship:
All times Eastern
Saturday, May 24
- Game 1: No. 1 Cornell vs. No. 5 Penn State | Noon | ESPN2 (Fubo)
- Game 2: No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 6 Syracuse | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)
Monday, May 26
- Championship: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 | 1 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
How to watch NCAA men's lacrosse championship: TV channel, streaming
- TV channel: ESPN2 (semifinals) | ESPN (championship)
- Streaming options: ESPN app | Fubo (free trial)
The semifinals and championship schedule for the 2025 NCAA men's lacrosse championship will air across the ESPN family of networks, with ESPN2 nationally televising the former and ESPN carrying the latter. Streaming options include the ESPN app (with a TV login) and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Future NCAA men's lacrosse championship locations
The venue site for the 2026 NCAA men's lacrosse championship remains unknown due to the FIFA World Cup coming to the United States. Per a 2023 news release from the NCAA, Gillette Stadium was originally slated to host it, but the Patriots' home stadium was named one of the FIFA World Cup sites.
Here's a full breakdown of where the NCAA men's lacrosse championship will take place through 2028, per the NCAA:
- 2026: TBD
- 2027: Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
- 2028: Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts)